scholarly journals Research on the Effect of Knowledge Network Embedding on the Dynamic Capabilities of Small and Micro Enterprises

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Shuli Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Knowledge Network ◽  
Dynamic Capability ◽  
Network Embedding ◽  
Environmental Munificence ◽  
Network Embeddedness ◽  
Relational Embeddedness ◽  
Micro Enterprises

In the complex and dynamic economic environment, the growing pain of small and micro enterprises is long-standing. It is urgent to strengthen the research on the endogenous growth mechanism of small and micro enterprises. Based on the background of the era of knowledge-driven economy, this paper explores the relationship between knowledge network embeddedness and dynamic capabilities of small and micro enterprises with environmental munificence as the regulating variable. We have the structural equation empirical research with the data from 260 questionnaires of small and micro enterprises. The results show that structural embeddedness and relational embeddedness have a positive driving effect on the dynamic capability of small and micro enterprises, and environmental munificence plays a positive regulatory role in the positive impact of knowledge network embedding on the dynamic capability. The research conclusion is helpful for the small and micro enterprise to develop dynamic capacity and for the supportive policy making as well.

Analyzing dynamic capability in teamwork

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 1196-1217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Valio Dominguez Gonzalez ◽  
Tatiana Massaroli Melo
Keyword(s):  
Service Provision ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Knowledge Generation ◽  
Dynamic Capability ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Industrial Service

Purpose This study aims to analyze the relationship between the intrinsic characteristics of the teams that perform specialized industrial services in multi-units and dynamic capability. Design/methodology/approach This study was developed from a survey conducted in 188 multi-unit industrial service providers and data were analyzed using the structural equation modeling technique of partial least squares. Findings The results indicate the two constructs act differently on dynamic capability. While the infrastructural construct influences the capability of knowledge absorption, generation and adaptation, the construct related to the willingness to share and integrate knowledge has a positive impact on the capability of knowledge generation and storage. Research limitations/implications This research is limited by the choice of only one industrial sector – in the case of this study, the service industry. Future studies will include other industries and a more diverse sample of firms. Originality/value This research analyzes the process of dynamic capability development in the context of multi-unit service provision. The context of multi-unit industrial service provision is peculiar when compared to other organizations. In the context, knowledge is absorbed, generated and adapted by individuals organized into teams that work in customer’s units. Service providers play a key role in the development of dynamic capabilities regarding knowledge storage, acting as knowledge repositories.

scholarly journals The Behavioral Intention of Micro Enterprises to Use the Integrated Cash Waqf Micro Enterprise Investment (ICWME-I) Model as a Source of Financing

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Asmy Mohd Thas Thaker ◽  
Mustafa Omar Mohammed ◽  
Jarita Duasa ◽  
Moha Asri Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Intention ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Reasoned Action ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Subjective Norms ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Klang Valley ◽  
Enterprise Investment ◽  
Micro Enterprises

This study is designed to examine the behavioural intention of micro enterprises to use the Integrated Cash Waqf Micro Enterprise Investment (ICWME-I) model as a source of financing in Malaysia. The primary data are collected from the survey administered to micro entrepreneurs in the Klang Valley and the analysis is conducted using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Furthermore, the model has validated its acceptance in the field by adopting the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA). This study has revealed that both the attitude and subjective norms are found to have a positive impact on the intention of micro entrepreneurs to use the ICWME-I Model in the context of Malaysia.

The influence of dynamic capabilities on hospital-supplier collaboration and hospital supply chain performance

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 664-684 ◽  
Author(s):  
Santanu Mandal
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Supply Chain Performance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Technology Orientation ◽  
Supplier Collaboration

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the influence of hospital’s visibility for sensing (VFS), learning, coordinating and integrating on hospital-supplier collaboration. Second, it explored the influence of hospital-supplier collaboration on hospital supply chain performance. The author also explored how the technology orientation of the medical chain units influences the above linkages. Design/methodology/approach The study adopted a multi-unit study of different hospital supply chains. Consequently, perceptual data were gathered from seven dominant entities in a typical medical/hospital supply chain: hospitals and clinics, accommodation (i.e. hotels), chemistry and pharmaceutical, marketing/public relations/promotion, medical equipment manufacturers, food and beverage and insurance. The responses were gathered using e-mail survey and were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Findings Based on 192 completed responses, the author found positive influences of VFS, learning and integrating on hospital-supplier collaboration and a positive impact of hospital-supplier collaboration on hospital supply chain performance. An insignificant influence of hospital’s visibility for coordinating was noted on hospital-supplier collaboration. The study argued hospitals to invest more for enriching their dynamic capabilities to diagnose the changes in the environment so as to sustain their collaborative relationships leading to positive performance implications. Originality/value The study is the foremost to investigate the effects of hospital’s dynamic capabilities on its collaborative efforts with its key supplier and their influence on hospital supply chain performance. Also the study is foremost in exploring the importance of technology orientation on hospital dynamic capabilities and hospital-supplier collaboration. An important contribution of the research is the conceptualization of supply chain visibility core components (visibility of sensing, visibility of learning, visibility of coordinating and visibility of integrating) in the context of hospital supply chains.

scholarly journals Perceiving ‘capability’ within dynamic capabilities: The role of owner-manager self-efficacy

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (8) ◽  
pp. 883-902 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Kevill ◽  
Kiran Trehan ◽  
Mark Easterby-Smith
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Black Box ◽  
Dynamic Capability ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Crucial Component ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
Micro Foundations ◽  
Micro Enterprises

This article combines two popular, yet separate concepts: dynamic capabilities and self-efficacy. Both are concerned with ability/capability and offer potentially valuable synergies. As such, our in-depth qualitative study based in three micro-enterprises in the United Kingdom investigates, ‘what role(s) may owner-manager perceived self-efficacy play as a micro-foundation of dynamic capabilities in micro-enterprises?’ Our findings show that perceived self-efficacy can influence dynamic capability enactment in multifaceted ways and even suggest that in some cases, perceived self-efficacy is a crucial component of dynamic capabilities, without which there may be no such capability. These insights help open up the black box of dynamic capabilities by contributing important knowledge to the growing body of research into the micro-foundations of such capabilities. Furthermore, our study illuminates the importance of idiosyncratic micro-foundations of dynamic capabilities in micro-enterprises and expands extant knowledge of the potential effects of self-efficacy in the small business and entrepreneurship domain.

Narratives of environmental munificence of 3PL firms on the relationship between dynamic capabilities, strategic management and organizational performance

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Korhan Arun ◽  
Saniye Yildirim Ozmutlu
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Performance Outcomes ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Environmental Munificence ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine how the mediating effect of strategic management impacts the relationship between dynamic capabilities and firm performance concerning environmental munificence in 3rd party logistics (3PL) firms operating in Turkey.Design/methodology/approachVariance-based structural equation modeling algorithm and correlation analysis were applied to survey data obtained from (n = 482) a top manager from 3PL companies.FindingsResults revealed that dynamic capabilities were a strong predictor for organizational performance, environmental munificence also emerges as a key predictor for dynamic capabilities and strategic management, and strategic management fully mediates the link between dynamic capabilities and organizational performance, suggesting that they function as substitutes in affecting performance outcomes.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper provides empirical evidence of the relationship between the dynamic capability adaptation, strategic management, environment and performance of 3PL firms. As a limitation, the results are based on survey research with a limited sample size.Practical implicationsOrganizations should manage not only dynamism but also the scarcity of environmental resources found to be significant on both dynamic capabilities and strategic management. Additionally, in the logistics sector, managers should focus on the big picture while they empower and lead capable followers to transform this strategic view into operational-level changes.Originality/valueDepending on the relationships between constructs, studying environmental munificence is a different topic than the dynamic environment concept in the effectiveness of dynamic capabilities of 3PL firms. As well as dynamic capabilities at the level of individual and strategic management relationship on organization performance are confirmed.

scholarly journals Dynamic supply chain capabilities

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (12) ◽  
pp. 2266-2285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haris Aslam ◽  
Constantin Blome ◽  
Samuel Roscoe ◽  
Tashfeen M. Azhar
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Dynamic Capability ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Supply Chain Agility ◽  
Light Supply ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose This paper positions market sensing, supply chain agility and supply chain adaptability as a coherent cluster of dynamic supply chain capabilities. The purpose of this paper is to understand how dynamic supply chain capabilities interrelate and their effect on supply chain ambidexterity. Design/methodology/approach Based on a survey of Pakistani manufacturing firms, a theoretically-derived model was tested in a structural equation model. Findings The results of the study show that a market-sensing capability is an antecedent of supply chain agility and supply chain adaptability. Furthermore, supply chain agility, directly, and supply chain adaptability, indirectly, affect supply chain ambidexterity. Supply chain agility, therefore, mediates the relationship between supply chain adaptability and supply chain ambidexterity. Originality/value The contribution of this study lies in: first, identifying dynamic capability clusters relevant for achieving supply chain ambidexterity; second, evaluating performance implications of dynamic capabilities in the supply chain, specifically supply chain agility and adaptability; and third, proposing a unique measurement of supply chain ambidexterity in the light supply chain theory, and empirically evaluating the relationship between dynamic capabilities and supply chain ambidexterity.

scholarly journals Do Industrial Clusters Still Matter to Trust-Building in the Internet Era? A Network Embeddedness Perspective

SAGE Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824401987019
Author(s):  
Wanyue Wei ◽  
Zheng He ◽  
Lez Rayman-Bacchus ◽  
GuangMing Xiang
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Industrial Clusters ◽  
Network Governance ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Trust Building ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Geographic Proximity ◽  
Network Embeddedness ◽  
Relational Embeddedness

Despite the considerable amount of research regarding trust as one of the most important characters and competitive advantages for an industrial cluster, few empirical studies have examined whether geographic proximity still leads to higher levels of trust in the current Internet era. This article explores this issue of trust from a network embeddedness perspective. Based on the data from Zhongshan gas appliance cluster, we employ structural equation modeling to examine the extent to which relational embeddedness, structural embeddedness, and positional embeddedness have any impact on trust-building in the cluster. Our findings reveal that high clique trust and low aggregate trust coexist in the cluster, showing that the effect of geographical proximity on trust has been weakened and is no longer a sufficient condition for trust-building. This study also gives some suggestions on how to improve the trust within a cluster through network governance.

Clarifying absorptive capacity and dynamic capabilities dilemma in high dynamic market IT SMEs

2019 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chulatep Senivongse ◽  
Alex Bennet ◽  
Stefania Mariano
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Dynamic Capability ◽  
Development Effort ◽  
Direct Impact ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Market Change ◽  
High Dynamic

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate absorptive capacity and dynamic capabilities dilemma in high dynamic market IT small medium enterprises (SMEs). Absorptive capacity and dynamic capabilities have a conflict in theoretical stance. Those in favor of dynamic capabilities regard absorptive capacity as a part of dynamic capabilities, and there are many arguments regarding treating absorptive capacity as a part of dynamic capabilities. One major deficit of dynamic capabilities is that it requires adjusting the firm’s dynamic resources when responding to change, requiring some investment and time. Thus, dynamic capabilities then have a problem in instantaneously responding to a highly dynamic market. With the requirement to adjust organizational resources, absorptive capacity, as a part of dynamic capabilities, cannot have direct impact on a firm’s performance. Design/methodology/approach To show that absorptive capacity, by itself, can have a direct impact on a firm’s performance in a highly dynamic market, quantifiable variables are identified to measure the level of effort in developing absorptive capacity. The relationships between the absorptive capacity development effort and the firm’s financial performance is then explored and evaluated. Findings It is confirmed that absorptive capacity in a high dynamic market such as IT SMEs have direct and positive impact to the firm’s financial performance, without having to configure its resource to interact with changes. Originality/value The study discusses the paradoxical dilemma of the role of absorptive capacity under the light of dynamic capability. The finding indicates that in high dynamic market when the spontaneous respond to market change is crucial to firm's survival, absorptive capacity can direly deliver the result to leverage the firm's performance without having to reconfigure its resources as indicated in the theoretical stance of dynamic capability.

Eco-capability role in healthcare facility’s performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morteza Maleki Minbashrazgah ◽  
Atefeh Shabani
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Human Relationship ◽  
Environmental Strategy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
North Of Iran ◽  
Technology Resources

PurposeWith the exponential growth of problems linked to the natural environment, healthcare facilities are increasingly faced with ecological challenges in their operations. In this regard, they progressively need to improve their environmental performance like other industries in recent years. Applying the natural-resource-based view (NRBV) and dynamic capabilities literature, the purpose of this paper is to investigate this eco-capability which fully leverages human, relationship, and technology resources.Design/methodology/approachApplying the NRBV and dynamic capabilities literature, this paper investigates this eco-capability which fully leverages human, relationship, and technology resources. Using survey data from staffs across 15 hospitals in north of Iran, researchers estimated a latent moderated structural model that provides support for these three resource components.FindingsResults obtained from structural equation analysis revealed that human, technology, and relationship resources have positive impact on eco-capability. Also eco-capability has positive impact on market and financial performance and the perceived quality of the hospital’s offering.Research limitations/implicationsAs the model consist just of three kinds of resources, future studies could include examining the effect of additional resources and other internal and external factors on eco-capability.Practical implicationsThis paper includes suggestions for facility’s managers to develop environmental strategy in three areas: human, technology, and relationship resources.Originality/valueThe role of eco-resources has been used only rarely to investigate organization capability and performance. This paper includes suggestions for facility’s managers to develop environmental strategy in three areas: human, technology, and relationship resources.

scholarly journals The role of strategic purchasing in dynamic capability development and deployment

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 446-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alistair Brandon-Jones ◽  
Desiree Knoppen
Keyword(s):  
Operations Management ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Dynamic Capability ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Capability Development ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Strategic Purchasing ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on research into the impact of two sequential dimensions of strategic purchasing – purchasing recognition and purchasing involvement – on the development and deployment of dynamic capabilities. The authors also examine how such dynamic capabilities impact on both cost and innovation performance, and how their effects differ for service as opposed to manufacturing firms. Design/methodology/approach The authors test hypotheses using structural equation modeling of survey data from 309 manufacturing and service firms. Findings From a dynamic capability perspective, the analysis supports the positive relationships between purchasing recognition, purchasing involvement, and dynamic capability in the form of knowledge scanning. The authors also find support for the positive impact of knowledge scanning on both cost and innovation performance. From a contingency perspective, data supports hypothesized differences caused by industry, whereby service-based firms experience stronger positive linkages in our model than manufacturing-based firms. Finally, emerging from the data, the authors explore a re-enforcing effect from cost performance to purchasing involvement, something that is in line with the dynamic capabilities perspective but not typically addressed in operations management (OM) research. Originality/value The research offers a number of theoretical and managerial contributions, including being one of a relative few examples of empirical assessment of dynamic capability development and deployment; examining the enablers of dynamic capability in addition to the more commonly addressed performance effect; assessing the contingency effect of firm type for dynamic capabilities; and uncovering a return (re-enforcing) effect between performance and enablers of dynamic capabilities.

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